Found Footage: Patti Smith

With Found Footage, we dig through the depths of archival video on the internet. From performances to interviews and music videos, we uncover the best visual documents floating around the web.

This week, Patti Smith releases Banga, her first album of new material since 2004's Trampin. In honor of the new record, we take a look at vintage and modern Patti.

1. Clip from Dream of Life documentary. Steven Sebring's gorgeous 2008 documentary Dream of Life includes this clip of Smith in her early 20s, after she'd moved to New York City from her New Jersey hometown.

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2. "Gloria" performed on "Saturday Night Live" in 1976. Just a few months after the release of her debut album Horses, Smith appeared on the late-night TV show in her iconic, androgynous button-up and tie. She performed the album's opening track, "Gloria", which is adapted from a Van Morrison/Them song.

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3. "Horses" and "Hey Joe" performed on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in 1976. Smith made many television appearances after the release of Horses. Her performance on BBC show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" was one of the best. She played the album's title track and her cover of "Hey Joe", which was released as her first single in 1974.

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4. "Because the Night" performed on Rockpalast TV in 1979. One of Smith's most-loved songs is "Because the Night", the single she made with Bruce Springsteen that appears on her 1978 record Easter. Here she performs the song on German television.

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5. Performing "Elegie" at the closing night of CBGB in 2006. Smith was one of CBGB's earliest staples-- you can't think of one without imagining the other. On the club's closing night in 2006, Smith revisited her Horses/CBGB heyday.